Compliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 Debate
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Paul Sweeney
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Compliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019
Paul Sweeney Excerpts(4 years, 7 months ago)
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James Duddridge
The Prime Minister constantly meets and talks to all members of the Conservative party and other parties.
Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East) (Lab/Co-op)
The Minister said there would be ample time after an election for any new Government to legislate accordingly and vote on a deal or seek an extension, but it normally takes at least four weeks for a new Government to pass substantive legislation. Does that reveal that having an election before seeking an extension is simply a bogus device for this Government to engineer a no-deal Brexit by default?
James Duddridge
No, not at all. The hon. Gentleman is right to say that the timetable is highly constrained, but after three and a half years we have only ourselves to blame collectively as a House.